Iraqi archaeologist Baqer Azab Wali standing by the newly-excavated trench at the site
An aerial picture shows a general view of the newly-excavated trench which may have contained an inn with a cooling area for food storage, at the site of the ancient city-state of Lagash, in Iraq's al-Shatra district of the southern Dhi Qar province on February 11, 2023. - Italian and US archaeologists excavating in Lagash in southern Iraq have unearthed a Sumerian "tavern" old nearly 5,000 years old, complete with benches, a cooling system acting as a refrigerator, and bowls containing leftover food. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
A clay kiln at the newly-excavated trench
Another image of the site in Iraq's Al-Shatra district of the southern Dhi Qar province
A clay tablet bearing fingerprints
Pottery fragments
The site in Lagash
A broken pottery jar
A drainage pipe made of clay found at the site
Iraqi archaeologist Baqer Azab Wali standing by the newly-excavated trench at the site
An aerial picture shows a general view of the newly-excavated trench which may have contained an inn with a cooling area for food storage, at the site of the ancient city-state of Lagash, in Iraq's al-Shatra district of the southern Dhi Qar province on February 11, 2023. - Italian and US archaeologists excavating in Lagash in southern Iraq have unearthed a Sumerian "tavern" old nearly 5,000 years old, complete with benches, a cooling system acting as a refrigerator, and bowls containing leftover food. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
A clay kiln at the newly-excavated trench
Another image of the site in Iraq's Al-Shatra district of the southern Dhi Qar province
A clay tablet bearing fingerprints
Pottery fragments
The site in Lagash
A broken pottery jar
A drainage pipe made of clay found at the site
Iraqi archaeologist Baqer Azab Wali standing by the newly-excavated trench at the site
